YOU ARE WRONG ON HOMOSEXUALITY, PASTOR

Dear Pastor, I love reading your section of THE STAR from time to time. It’s interesting to see some of the problems people go through on a daily basis.

I’m concerned about your views on homosexuality. In one of the letters, a man told you about his unhappy relationship that he wants to end and that his spouse threatened to commit suicide if he ends the relationship. Instead of helping, you insisted on lecturing him about seeking God, reading the Bible, and going to a psychiatrist to “cure” his homosexuality.

You say you believe in the Bible and think that homosexuality is a sin. I am a heterosexual male, and I wouldn’t want to be told that me being attracted to a woman is a sin. It’s who I am.

I was born this way. God made me this way, and he did the same to that man. I can think of other sins, including eating pork, masturbation, watching porn, remarriage, eating shellfish, premarital sex and many, many more, that we all commit on a daily basis. Yet, we turn a blind eye to those and focus on homosexuality.

If people are going to use the Bible as an excuse to be homophobic, they should abide by all the rules in it. Otherwise, you’re all just hypocritical. By the way, hypocrisy is another sin.

K. Dear K., If you believe that by attacking me on what I wrote in response to the letter I received from the young man will change my mind, you are wasting your time.

It does not bother me one bit when a person disagrees with what I have written on any subject. You are intellectually dishonest.

The writer said that he would love to stop the type of relationship he is having with another man. I did not lecture to him. I responded by quoting the Bible.

I did not condemn him, and I said so in my response. I also said that there are those who would not accept what the Bible says about the subject.

Nevertheless, it is my responsibility to draw their attention to the admonition of the Bible.

If you do not agree with me, that is fine, but don’t lie by accusing me of saying that this man needs to see a psychiatrist to cure his homosexuality. I did no such thing.

I only pointed out that a psychiatrist told me that he has counselled homosexuals and that they have overcome their homosexual lifestyle.

I make no apology for standing firm on what I believe. However, I do not condemn or curse homosexuals. I pray for them, and I recognised that God is able to deliver sinners of all types.

The word of God is still my guide, and the Bible says that God’s word is settled and that heaven and Earth may pass away, but God’s word shall not pass away. It cannot change.

Pastor